If you’re ever feeling down in the dumps, one way to squeeze out a smile is to paint your nails with a bright neon nail polish. It never fails to work for me!
Recently, I bought 6 shades from the China Glaze Sunsational Collection – all the cremes. And I’ve been wearing a bunch lately.
The first manicure I wore was China Glaze Neon & On & On! It’s a very bright Barbie pink. Although I’m not crazy about pinks, when it comes to neon nail polish, it’s one of my favourite kinds to sport.
It’s no secret that I’m a fan of the texture nail trend. It’s different, and because it’s not sharp, I can get down with it.
The China Glaze Texture Collection due out in May features 6 shades! You’ve probably already seen early swatches of these floating around the blogging community, but I always like to share official press-release information with my readers in case you haven’t.
These China Glaze Texture polishes don’t seem to have any sparkle in them, so the texture is more predominant.
The blue, orange, and lime green caught my eye first. What about you? Are any of these shades stand-outs in your nailphile book?
I know that a lot of you have been highly anticipating this collection.
Well, China Glaze sent me the official China Glaze Hologlam Collection Press Release & Promo Pictures, so now I can share them with you!
I’m really excited to try these and to see how they compare with the holographic nail polishes that China Glaze has put out in the past.
Out of the 12 shades, I’m naturally drawn to When Stars Collide, OMG A UFO, Don’t Be A Luna-Tic, Take A Trek, Strap On Your Moonboots, and Galactic Gray.
What about you? Which ones are you interested in the most?
China Glaze Budding Romance is the geese-poop green from the Avant Garden Collection for Spring 2013.
You know I’m a fan of green nail polish. (I think I’ve mentioned it, oh, just a bazillion times!)
Swampy, dirty greens like this are by far my favourite! To me, they’re unusual and edgy. They’re the ‘ugly pretty’ that I’ll never get sick of. You don’t see them nearly as often as kelly, lime, or hunter greens, so they’re more special.
Ogre snot. Baby’s poop. Yeah, this is what I like. So lady-like, I know. Haha! 😉
Pretty recently, I asked on Twitter if any of you had suggestions for nail-art designs to do on my friend.
I got a lot of great suggestions, but I settled on a simple gradient as well as dots.
Here’s the Glitter Manicure…on a MAN that I created!
Haha, originally, I was thinking about making this manicure more masculine, but as I started painting, it ended up being girly. 😉
Although pink nail polish isn’t my favourite, I absolutely am cray-cray about neon pinks!
Confession time from a greeeen fieeend: This may be shocking, but I actually like neon pink nail polish better than neon green nail polish.
My birthday’s in February, and when I was thinking about what I should sport on my nails to be festive, at first I thought of using glitter.
But then I remembered how much I loved doing freehand pink and blue leopard nail art before. (I could’ve worn that manicure for a month because I never got sick of it.)
Since it’s been a long time since I last wore leopard nail art, I decided to try it out with a different combination. So here’s the birthday manicure I came up with: Freehand Neon Pink, Silver & Black Leopard Nails!
With the silver base, I think it gave this manicure the bling I desired for it to be festive. But because there’s no glitter, it’s super easy to remove.
All the nail polishes I used are by China Glaze: Shocking Pink (one of my favourite neons), Liquid Leather (my go-to black that I’ve almost finished an entire full-size bottle of), and Millennium (a metallic silver that can also be used for nail stamping).
I will most likely do more leopard manicures because this nail art is soooo easy and fast to do. Plus I like how you don’t need a ton of different colours or nail tools. Although intricate nail designs wow me, I really enjoy sharing designs on here that everyone can replicate, no matter what your skill level. Nail art should be enjoyed by everyone, not just those who can afford to buy all the supplies or who are professionals.
And what I love about the leopard pattern is that it’s not meant to be perfect. The imperfections are what make it cool to look at. (It totally is in harmony with my philosophy that happiness is more important than perfection.)
Happy Friday!
You’ve seen me paint sheep nail art, apply flocking powder, and use caviar beads on my male friend.
Today, I would like to share a Scotch Tape Manicure…on a MAN!
Yup, I once again convinced my friend to let me do some nail art on him. No, he didn’t wear it in public, but he was still a great sport. 😉
This was the first Scotch Tape manicure I’ve ever done, and I was surprised by how easy it was to do!
In case you don’t know what a Scotch Tape manicure is, it’s when you use the tape as a guide to cover certain parts of your nails, so that when you remove those pieces after painting, you’re left with a nifty little design.
I started painting all his nails with gold glitter. Then I applied a coat of Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat so we wouldn’t have to wait long for the polish to dry. I applied two pieces of Scotch tape in a pyramid position on each of his nails, and then painted the open-triangle section. I carefully removed the tape, and voila, we got the design you see!
Since it was my first time, I opted to create a simple triangular design on his nails. And I let him choose the colour combination. (Red is his favourite colour, and he liked the way the gold glitter looked underneath.)
Later in this post, my own nails make a brief appearance. 😉 I couldn’t help but try a Scotch Tape manicure on myself using different colours!
